LA Times Festival of Books 2018

Enni is an author and podcaster living in L.A. She writes books for young adults - you can read her short story in the New York Times best-selling villain anthology, "Because You Love To Hate Me," out now. She's currently working on her debut novel, which will be out with Scholastic... Read More →

Clayton is the coauthor of the "Tiny Pretty Things" series. She grew up in the Washington, DC, suburbs on the Maryland side and spent most of her time under her grandmother's table with a stack of books. A former teacher and middle school librarian, Dhonielle is cofounder of CAKE... Read More →

Lu is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the "Legend" trilogy and "The Young Elites" trilogy. She graduated from the University of Southern California and jumped into the video game industry, working for Disney Interactive Studios as a Flash artist. Now a full-time writer... Read More →

Onyebuchi holds a B.A. from Yale University, a M.F.A. from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts, a J.D. from Columbia Law School, and a Masters degree in droit économique from L'institut d'études politiques. His debut young adult novel, "Beasts Made of Night," was published... Read More →

Tahir is the bestselling author of "An Ember in the Ashes" and "A Torch Against the Night." She grew up in California's Mojave Desert at her family's eighteen-room motel. There, she spent her time devouring fantasy novels, raiding her brother's comic book stash, and playing guitar... Read More →